Shabbat Seminars

Our monthly Shabbat Seminars provide BHBE community members with the opportunity to explore complex, relevant, and current topics that impact us on a personal, ritual, societal, cultural, and/or religious level. We engage in text-based learning and conversations led by BHBE clergy, expert community members, or outside Jewish organizations. Together, we seek to reconcile tradition with modernity, understanding and addressing pressing issues that often affect us.

An Immersion in Transition  The meaning of Mikvah with Cantor Julie Yugend-Green
August 23

Written in the Stars?  Judaism and Horoscopes
September 13

Judaism and Mental Health  A Deeper Dive with Rabbi Jonah Rank
October 25

Duty, Honor, and Memory  Jewish Veterans
November 8

Childhood Celebrations Reimagined  How We Pass on Hanukkah Traditions
December 13

Relevance of Rest  Shabbat in Our Lives
January 10

Jews and Tattoos  Interpreting a Taboo
February 21

March Madness  A Jewish Take on Sports Betting
March 21

A Jewish Framework for Investment  Guidelines for Ethical Investing
April 18

ReJEWvenate Shabbat Seminars are sponsored by Lisa and Lee Bloom.  Each Shabbat Seminar begins at 11:45 am and is preceded by ReJEWvenate, a Shabbat morning service of renewal and reflection through prayer and melody.